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Jacob Kounin

Jacob Kounin. Classroom Management. Presented by: Courtney Manigrassi Kelly Reid Carolyn Testa. Who is Jacob Kounin?. Classroom management theorist His goal was to integrate instruction and discipline in the classroom Most known for his two studies in the 1970’s

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Jacob Kounin

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  1. Jacob Kounin Classroom Management Presented by: Courtney Manigrassi Kelly Reid Carolyn Testa

  2. Who is Jacob Kounin? • Classroom management theorist • His goal was to integrate instruction and discipline in the classroom • Most known for his two studies in the 1970’s • Main focus was preventative discipline

  3. How it all started… Ripple Effect

  4. Preventative Discipline • Kounin believed that successful classroom management relied on teachers ability to organize and plan their lessons while using proactive behavior and high student involvement. HOW?

  5. 5 Strategies – Lesson Movement • Withitness • Overlapping • Momentum • Smoothness • Group Focus

  6. Withitness • Eyes in the back of your head • Acknowledging misbehavior before it escalates • Being aware • It’s important for the students to think you know what is going on, even if you don’t

  7. Overlapping • Teachers ability to handle two situations at one time

  8. Momentum • Ability to keep the lesson moving swiftly and on track. • “Rolling with the punches”

  9. Smoothness • Also keeping the lesson on track by avoiding • Tangents • Dangles • Irrelevant information or incidents • “flip flops”

  10. Group Focus • Encourage Accountability • Checklists • Task cards • Create suspense & interest in lesson

  11. Conclusion • Children can misbehave despite what strategies are used • Most effective if applied in the beginning of the school year • Especially important for first year teachers

  12. Questions

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